Posted on 04/08/2015 7:17:11 AM PDT by detective
You know, the Ten Commandments, it says you cant commit adultery; it says you need to honor your father and mother. If someone didnt honor their parents or commit adultery, would you serve them? This question was posed by CNN reporter Gary Tuchman to Georgia florist Melissa Jeffcoat, who had previously said shed refuse to service a homosexual commitment ceremony. When she answered affirmatively and was pressed on why (supposedly) shed serve adulterers and those dishonoring their parents but not homosexuals, she replied, Its just a different kind of sin to me. I just dont believe in it.
Tuchman surely thinks himself clever, and he did get the sound bite he wanted. He closed his segment with, In these flower shops theyre happy to do business with you, but not so much if you tell them youre gay. And that was mild compared to Raw Storys Arturo Garcia, who accused Jeffcoat of hypocrisy. Its all very effective rhetorically, too, but also reflective of the illogical thinking characterizing our modern debates.
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